| "Best of My Love" | ||||
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| Single by Eagles | ||||
| from the album On the Border | ||||
| B-side | "Ol' '55" | |||
| Released | November 5, 1974 | |||
| Studio | Olympic, London, UK | |||
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| Label | Asylum | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Don Henley, Glenn Frey, JD Souther | |||
| Producer(s) | Glyn Johns | |||
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"Best of My Love" is a song written by Don Henley, Glenn Frey, and JD Souther. It was originally recorded by the Eagles (with Henley singing lead vocals), and included on their 1974 album On the Border. The song was released as the third single from the album, and it became the band's first Billboard Hot 100 number 1 single in March 1975. The song also topped the easy listening (adult contemporary) chart for one week a month earlier.[3] Billboard ranked it as the number 12 song for 1975.[4]
- ^ Jasen, David A. (2002). A Century of American Popular Music: 2000 Best-Loved and Remembered Songs (1899-1999). Routledge. p. 20. ISBN 0-415-93700-0.
The Eagles had a number 1 hit with this soft—rock ballad in 1975, which charted for fourteen weeks
- ^ Smith, Troy L. (14 December 2021). "Every No. 1 song of the 1970s ranked from worst to best". Cleveland.com. Retrieved 30 January 2023.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 84.
- ^ "Top 100 Songs of 1975 - Billboard Year End Charts". bobburst.com. Archived from the original on 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2016-02-28.